Milk-bottle cap.



M. C. BROWN.

MILK BOTTLE GAP.

APPLICATION FILED M9125, 191'3.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

M W m Mela C@ brown herufomu l MELA c. BROWN; or EUGENE, onEGoN MILK-BOTTLE CAP. I

' specifiatimi of Letters Patent.`

Application led'septemb'er 25, 1913. Serial No. '291,835.

T0 all whom 'it may concern:

' Be it known that I, MELA BnowN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eugene, in the county of Lane and State of drawing.

This invention relates to a milk bottle cap and has for its object the production of a cap which is provided with a simple and efficient means for closing the upper portionl also provided withV of the bottle and which is means for stiifening orreinforcing the body portion of the cap so as to prevent the milk from leakingfout around the body portion of the cap.

Another object of the invention is the production of la milk bottle cap which is provided with a plurality of lips which are adapted to firmly engage the upper portion of the milk bottle for firmly holding the cap in position thereon.

With these and other objects in View this invention consists of certain novel combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying draw-ing:l Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the up per portion of the milk bottle and the iinproved eap, showing the cap as it appears when first placed upon the bottle.` Fig.'2 is a view similarto Fig. 1 showing the lips bent so as to firmly engage the upper portion of the bottle for holding the Cap in position. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the cap. Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofthe same.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals it will be seen that the cap comprises a primary and auxiliary section. The primary section is provided with the central round body 1 while the auxiliary section is provided with a similar body 2. A round reinforcing disk 3 is positioned between the bodies 1 and 2 so as to firmly reinforce the same thereby the milk within the bottle will be prevented from seeping through the-g bodies 1 and 2. Furthermore this reinforcing disk 3 will prevent or lessen the danger of a foreign object striking the bodies and punching a hole therein,

a specification, ref erence being had therein to the accompanying.

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bodies to efficiently bind within the upper portion of the neck of the bottle. -This cap may be used in combination with an ordinary bottle 4 having apocket 5 wherein the bodies 1 and 2 and the reinforcing disk 3 are adapted to fit. The outer portion in each .body is provided with'a plurality'of substantially U-shaped lips 6. These lips (i extend downwardly for a determined distance below the lower portion of the bodies 1 and 2. It is preferred that this cap be formed ofwaxed paper or'the like so as to resist any tendency of the liquid'to penetrate the same.

When this cap is used it is placed -upon the bottle as illustrated in Fig. 1 at which time the lips'6 may be eXtended,as shownl in full lines, or may extend upwardly as illustrated in dotted lines. By placing the cap upon the bottle in this place, the lips will easily pass over thev outer portion of the bottle while the bodies 1 and 2 and the disk 3 will pass down intothe pocket 5 of the bottle for eiiciently closing the same. The lips 6 may then be bentfinwardly as illustrated in Fig. 2 and in dotted lines in Fig. -1 for eiiiciently holding the cap upon the bottle and at the lsaine time prevent any dirt from entering the bottle around lthe upper portion thereof. Since the lips are formed of wax paper, as above stated, after the same are bent inwardly they will snugly lit upon the upper portion of the bottle for forming a tight closure for the same.

By referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the lips of the body 1 are 'formed in staggered relation to the lips upon the body 2, thereby causing the space between the lips'v of one body to be covered by the lips of the other body, thereby preventing -Inoisture from passing between the lips and into the milk bottle. Furthermore, it'willbel seen that the side edges of the lips of both bodies engage each other when the cap is in use,

thereby allowing the lips formed upon the body 2 to t firmly. and squarely upon the milk bottle- 4, and in thisl manner prevent refuse or dirt from passing up under the From the foregoing description it will be seen that -a simple and eiiicient milk bottle cap has been produced which will efliciently and will at the 'i close the upper portion of a bottle for pre saine time cause the outer portion of the l venting the entrance of dirt tliereinto and Patented Apr. 2s, i914..y

` for firmly which also is provided with a simple means and snugly holding the capV upon the bottle.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

As a new article of manufacture, a milk bottle cap comprising a pair of central round bodies, `a plurality of lips integrally formed uporeeach of said bodies, said bodies and lips being waxed to form a yieldable water-prooi structure, a sifl" reinforcing disk interposed between said bodies, said bodies and disk adapted to lit in' the upper portion of a milk bottle for forming a closure therefor, the side edges of each lip diyerging toward the Outer end of each lip, said lips adapted'to it over the neck of a milk bottle and snugly engage the bottle without the aid` of secondary securing inertes@ means, each lip adapted to snugly engage the side edges of the adjacent lips when the cap is in use, thereby allowing the lips engaging the bottle to t squarely upon the bottle, thereby forming a4 tight closure, and

the lips upon one body being formed in y MELA o.fnnowN.

Witnesses:

f "L G. HALL,

A.. W. GODDARD. 

